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'No. 873,135. PATENTED DEC. 10, 190?.

E. L. MoMIdHAEL. GATE.

APPLIQATION FILED OUT-15,1906. RENEWED JULY 9, 1907- 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

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PATEN'I'ED DEC. 10, 1907.

E. L. MOMIGHAEL' GATE. APPLICATION FILED 00115, 1906. RENEWED JULY 9,1907.

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EDUARD L. MCMIOHAEL, OF ARLINGTON, KENTUCKY.

GATE

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1907.

Application filed October 15.1906. Serial No- 339.063. Renewed July 9,1907 Serial No. 382.932.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, EDUARD L. McMi- OHAEL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Arlington, in the county of Carlisle and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in gates and moreparticularly to that class adapted to be opened or closed by operatinglevers, and my object is to provide a gate of this class which may beoperated manually while seated in a vehicle and from either side of thegate.

A further object is to provide means for controlling the gate latch sothat the same will be directed into or released from its keeper at theproper moment.

A still further object is to provide means for securing the operatingbars to the gate.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawin s which are made a part of thisapplicationfFigure 1 is a perspective view showing the gate in itsclosed position. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the gate in its openedposition. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the mechanism forsecuring the operating bars to the gate, and, Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of the swivel keeper for the outer end of the operating bars.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates a gatewhich may be constructed in any preferred manner, one end of which isadapted to be secured to a supporting post 2 by means of hinges 3 whilethe opposite end thereof is adapted to be directed into enthe bracket issecured to the gate. A brace arm 11 is secured to the bracket 8 at thepoint of formation of the loop 7, the lower end of said brace arm beinglikewise provided with an eye 12 through which takes one of the screws10 by which means the brace arm is secured to the gate. By thisconstruction it will be seen that the bracket will be firmly secured tothe gate while the controlling bar 5 will be yieldingly secured thereto.The opposite end of the controlling bar 5 is pivotally secured to anauxiliary bar 13 and substantially at the central portion thereof, asbest shown at 14 in Fig. 1, the outer or lower end of the auxiliary barbeing pivotally secured in a clip 15, said clip being provided with adepending stem 16 which is swiveled in a socket 17 carried by a post 18.The inner or upper end of the auxiliary bar 13 is provided with a hook19 which is adapted to engage the controlling bar 5 when the gateisclosed thereby holding the controlling bar and auxiliary bar parallelwith each other so that the gate will be held in its closed position aslong as the bars 5 and 13 are so situ ated.

In order to operate the controlling bar and auxiliary bar to open thegate I have provided a bracket 20 at the upper end of the supportingpost 2 upon which are pivotally mounted operating levers 21 and 22, saidlevers being held in position upon the bracket by means of clevises 23,the operating levers being pivotally secured to said clevises.

The operating levers 21 and 22 are disposed at-an angle to each other,so that one of said levers will extend to one side of the gate while theother leverwill extend to the opposite side of the gate so that theinner ends of the levers will intersect each other. The lever 21 isextended beyond the end of the lever 22 and is secured to the inner endof the auxiliary bar 13 in any preferred manner as by a rope or chain 24while the end of the lever 22 is yieldingly secured to the lever 21 inany preferred manner as by eye bolts 25 so that the auxiliary bar may be0 erated by a downward pull upon either of tl ie controlling levers.

In order to facilitate the operation of the levers 21 and 22 and theauxiliary bar 13, I have provided weights 26 and 27 disposed,respectively, on the inner end of the operating lever 21 and theauxiliary bar 13.

The ate is also provided with a latch bar 28 whic is pivotally securedto the gate and has one of its ends extending through a loop 29 andheyondthe end of the gate, that portion of the latch extending beyondthe end of the gate being adapted to engage with a keeper 30 carried bythe post 4. The opposite end of the latch bar 28 is provided with aweight 31, so that when the latch bar is re leased the weight will swingthe bar upon its pivot point and release the protruding end thereof fromthe keeper 30 so that the gate can be readily swung open.

The latch bar 28 is normally held in engagement with keeper 30 when theate is closed by means of a spring arm 32 W ich is secured to the innerend of the controlling bar 5 and the upper end thereof extended intoengagement with the lower edge of the weighted end of the latch bar 28.

In operation when it is desired to open the gate, one of the controllingcords 33 is grasped and a downward pull given thereon whereupon theweighted end of the lever 21 will be elevated and the auxiliary bar 13elevated and swung upon its pivot point, the same operation serving toelevate the lower end of the controlling bar 5 and disposing the springarm 32 out of engagement with the latch bar 28 whereupon the weight 31will cause the latch bar to swing upon its pivot point and disengage thesame from the keeper 30. This operation is performed before the outwardpull is directed upon the gate. As

.soon, however, as the auxiliary bar 13 has been elevated suflicientlythe gate will be drawn open by the controlling bar 5 and it will beclearly seen that by giving the operating lever a sharp downward pullthat the Inomentum of the weight 27 will throw the auxiliary bar 13beyond the center of gravity and will continue on its outward courseuntil the auxiliary bar 13 engages the ground thereby opening the gateto its fullest capacity.

'l/Vhen it is desired to close the gate a down- 1 ward pull is againdirected upon one of the operating cords 33 whereupon the auxiliary bar13 will be elevated thereby causing the controlling bar 5 to close thegate and it will be seen that when the auxiliary bar 13 has descendeduntil the hook 19 engages the bar 5 the-spring arm 32 will againbebrought into engagement with the weighted end of the latch bar 28 andthe outer end thereof seated in the keeper 30 and as the operatinglevers 2]. and 22 are secured together it will be seen that the aboveoperation can be performed from either side of the gate.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a gate, a supporting post at one end of said.gate and a keeper post at the opposite end thereof; of a controllingbar, means to yieldingly secure one end of said controlling bar to thegate, an auxiliary bar pivoted to said controlling bar, a clip at thelower end of said auxiliary bar, a hook at the opposite end of saidauxiliary bar adapted to engage the controlling bar, a latch barpivotally secured to said gate, a keeper for said latch bar, a weight onsaid latch bar, a spring arm secured to said controlling bar, andadapted to engage the weighted end of said latch bar, and hold the samein engagement with said keeper and means upon said supporting post tooperate said auxiliary bar whereby the gate will be opened or closed.

2. The combination with a gate; of an auxiliary bar, pivotally securedat its lower end to a clip; an operating bar pivotally secured to thecentral portion of said auxiliary bar, a bracket secured to said gate, aloop at the central portion of said bracket, a clevis disposed throughsaid loop and secured to the free end of said operating bar, a brace armfor said bracket and means to operate said auxiliary and controllingbaiwhereby the gate will be opened or closed.

EDUARD L. MOMICHAEL.

Witnesses:

R. D. MosBY, B. B. Rnonns.

